A Celebration of Life for Mother Minnie Louise Smith Baskerville VIEWING: Tuesday, March 23, 2021 Time: 12:30 PM - 5:00 PM SERVICE: Wednesday, March 24, 2021 Time: 12:00 PM Feggins Chapel, 409 South Hill Avenue, South Hill, VA 23970 Rev. Ronnie Betts, Officiating INTERMENT: Crestview Memorial Park 18599 Highway One, North, LaCrosse, VA 23950

OBITUARY

For I am now ready to be offered, And the time of my departure is at hand. I have fought a good fight; I have finished the course, I have kept the faith.

Henceforth, there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, Which the lord, the righteous judge shall give me at that day; And not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing.

II Timothy 4:6-8

MOTHER MINNIE LOUISE SMITH BASKERVILLE, the youngest and the last of fifteen children born to the late Jeremiah and Lula Marvin Smith on November 22, 1930 in Mount Olive, NC. She transitioned on March 18, 2021 in VCU Medical Center, Richmond, VA.

MOTHER BASKERVILLE joined Mount Gilliard Baptist Church, Mount Olive, NC at an early age. Around the age of 11, the family migrated to South Hill, VA where she attended the Mecklenburg County Public Schools. She continued her education and became a Beautician and a Certified Florist.

MOTHER BASKERVILLE joined Gethsemane Baptist Church and served as Church Mother and she was an active member of various auxiliaries. Her community involvement included her being a member of The Household of Ruth #5430.

MOTHER BASKERVILLE was joined in Holy matrimony to the James Robert Baskerville on March 1, 1952. James Robert preceded her in death on June 7, 2003. From that union four sons were born; their youngest, Edwin Maurice preceded her in death on August 11, 2011.

MOTHER BASKERVILLE was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, sister, aunt and friend. She was truly devoted to God and family. The children of the neighborhood were treated as her own, with love, kindness and discipline.

She leaves to cherish her memory are three devoted sons: James Osborne (Rosetta) Baskerville, Amityville, NY; Dale Orlando (Beverly) Baskerville, College Park, GA, and Vernon Earl Baskerville, Newport News, VA; daughter-in-law, Doretha Baskerville, Suffolk, VA; seven grandchildren: Robert, Shonte (Demond), Desmond (Nathalie), DeMarcus, Taneasha, Mauricia and Maurice; eleven great-grandchildren; two sisters-in-law, Ruth Smith, Bronx, NY and Rose Nell Baskerville, LaCrosse, VA, and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins and other relatives and friends.